Cleat



1927' E A. RICHARDSON CLEAT Filed Anril 926 Patented Feb. 15,1927,

EDWARD A. RICHARDSON, F MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

; cnna'r. Application filed April 20, 1926. Serial No. 103,270.

This. invention relates to an improved conand support against bending during severe structlon of cleat for use on shoes worn more strains to which these blades are subjected, particularly by contestants in athletic it is necessary to provide an elongated base sports, and has for its object to provide an and position the blade in the middle and improved cleat. for attachment to-shoes of transversely thereof so that the base may be this character, more particularly to shoes fastened'on both the back and front side of used in playing the game of baseball, in the blade to more efiectually support the which the cleat is provided with 'chiselsame against bending, and in order to obtain shaped projections, the cleat having an elonthe required strength and still keep the 1 gated base plate on which the projection weight down to the minimum, Ihave reduced is mounted adjacent its middle portion and the sides of the base plate to substantially transversely thereof. the width of the blade and have extended A further object of this invention is the this plate to the back and to the front of rounding in cross section oi the inner or this blade suficiently to provide a broad 15 working face of the chisel shaped blade for support for the blade and to permit the base 70, the pur ose of reducing the liability of the to be fastened by rivets 13 or otherwise to soil gat ering between and clogging the the bottom of shoes; also as it is often found cleats. in practice that soil oftentimes becomes With these and other objects in view, the jammed between the groups of the chisel- 20 invention consists of certain novelfeatures shaped blades and in order to obviate this of construction, as will be more fully dedifliculty, I have found it of advantage in scribed, and particularly pointed out in the many instances to round these blades on their appended claim. I inner or working surfaces or faces,'whereby In the accompanying drawings: the blade is caused to more readily clear it-- 2 Figure 1 is a view showing the bottom porself and will not permit soil to adhere there-' tion of a shoe with my improved cleats to as when the blade is formed flat, to such mounted thereon an extent; and the following is a detailed Figure 2 is a perspective view of one of description of the present embodiment of these cleats my invention and showing a construction of 30 Fi ure 3 is a sectional side elevation of improved cleat by which these advantageous one of the cleats showing the chisel-shaped results may be accomplished blade as mounted in the middle of the base- Withreference to'the drawings, 10 desigplate which is shown as being of a length hates the base plate of the cleat from the about twice that'of the blade. middle portion of which extends the chisela! Figure 4 is a face view of the chisel shaped blade 11 at substantially a right that in. order to provide suflicient strength severe strain is obtained.

. shaped cleat showing the same as being subangle to the plane of the base, the width of stantially the width of the base plate, this blade belng referably substantially the Figure 5 shows one of these cleats as same but'prefera ly a littleless than that of riveted to the sole of a shoe. the base-plate, and the len h of this blade to Fi re 6 is a modification illustrating the is substantially one-half t at of the base as chise shaped blade of the cleat as rounded in plate. I cross sectlon, the convexity being on the This base-plate is provided with holes 12 working face of the blade. on, both the back and front sides of the blade Figure 7 shows a group of blades as conto securel fasten the cleat in position to the 5 nected together by a frame and each of the bottom 0 the shoe. loo

blades being rounded on its inner surface, By'reducing the width of the base-plate to that is the surfaces looking toward each substantially that of the blade thelsuperother to prevent the soil from clogging be fiuous portion thereof is removed and its tween them. weight reduced to the minimum and by 50 It is found in the practical construction placing thechisel-shaped blade in approxland operation of cleats employed on shoes mately the middle of the plate and securworn b contestants in athletic sports more ing it in both the back and front thereof the particu arly those worn by-baseball players maximum support in both directions against that the cleat must be in chisel shape and being bent while being subjected to the most In securing these cleats to the shoe in some instances, they may be riveted, welded or otherwise attached to a large plate and th% plate placed between the inner and outer soles of the sl1oe,if desired, or in other cases, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 3, these plates may be riveted or otherwise attached direct to the outer sole of the shoe.

In some instances, during play, particularly when running on damp ground the soil becomes clogged or bound between the series of cleats thereby materially increasing the weightof the shoe and also materially reducing the effective holding power of the cleats. To obviate this disadvantage and reduce this objectionable feature to the minimum, I have rounded the working surface of the chisel-like blade of the cleat as at 14 so that the soil will have a tendency to break away from the cleat and not clingnor be retained to such an extent between them permitting the cleats to automatically clear themselves which in practice is found to be of great advantage.

My improved type of cleat is found to be very strong and durable and. will resist bending and withstand much greater strains than where the base does not extend back on both the back and front sides of the blade.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the device is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claim.

I claim:

In a sporting shoe, a group of cleats each being of a chisel shaped blade concavo-convex in cross section and disposed with the convex surface on the inside of the group.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature EDWARD A. RICHARDSON. 

